Cultural conceptions : on reproductive technologies and the remaking of life /

What happens to prevailing beliefs about the uniqueness of individual life when life can be cloned? Or to traditional understandings of family relationships when a child can have up to five parents? These are some of the questions addressed by Valerie Hartouni in her consideration of the cultural ef...

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Автор: Hartouni, Valerie
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Мова:Англійська
Опубліковано: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1997.
Онлайн доступ:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttth3v
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Резюме:What happens to prevailing beliefs about the uniqueness of individual life when life can be cloned? Or to traditional understandings of family relationships when a child can have up to five parents? These are some of the questions addressed by Valerie Hartouni in her consideration of the cultural effects of new reproductive technologies as reflected in video images, popular journalism, scientific debates, legal briefs, and policy decisions. In Cultural Conceptions, Hartouni tracks the circulation and communication of various myths, images, and stories pertaining to new reproductive technologies.
Фізичний опис:1 online resource (x, 175 pages) : illustrations
Бібліографія:Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170) and index.
ISBN:9780816686568
0816686564
9780816626229
0816626227
0816626235
9780816626236